Archive for April, 2018

Austin Stacks GAA Club News

April 30, 2018 at 4:56 pm Comments are Disabled

PAUL LUCEY MEMORIAL RUN/WALK. The 10K & 5K Paul Lucey Memorial Run/Walk ‘Run for the Rock’ will take place on Bank Holiday Monday May 7th, at 11am and is open to all ages, abilities, walkers & runners. The 5Km/ 10Km Road Runs will eave from the entrance to Austin Stacks Club Grounds in […]

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Na Gaeil GAA Club News

Na Gaeil GAA Club News

April 30, 2018 at 4:51 pm Comments are Disabled

  Seniors    Na Gaeil played Fossa in the semi-final of the Premier Junior Championship in sun drenched Cordal on Sunday. Na Gaeil went two ahead through a Dara Devine free and a Diarmaid Herlihy point. Fossa scored the next three points, two frees and one from play, all from the […]

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Abbeydorney GAA Club News

Abbeydorney GAA Club News

April 30, 2018 at 4:47 pm Comments are Disabled

INTER-COUNTY : Best of luck to Brendan O’Leary and James O’Connor who are part of the Kerry Panel for the Joe McDonagh Cup. Their opening fixture is against Carlow in Cullen Park, Carlow this Sunday, 6th May @ 2.00pm. Jack Parker will represent the club on the Kerry U17 team that participates […]

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St Pats GAA Club News

April 30, 2018 at 4:43 pm Comments are Disabled

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 22, 24, 28 & 30. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Ita Greaney Annagh, Noreen Walsh c/o O’Dwyer’s Bar, Seamus Murphy Derrymore East, Darragh Murphy Derrymore East and Andrew Breewood Derrymore West. Next […]

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Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club News

April 30, 2018 at 4:36 pm Comments are Disabled

Seniors: No playing activity this week and after the efforts of the past 4 weeks, players and management had a week off to recharge the batteries! Training resumes next Weds night ( 2nd May) with upcoming league fixtures vs Killarney Legion ( 12/05 away) and John Mitchels ( 26/05 home) […]

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John Mitchels GAA Club News

John Mitchels GAA Club News

April 30, 2018 at 4:30 pm Comments are Disabled

Bag Packing: Juvenile bag packing will take place on Friday next May 4th at Garveys Super Valu Store. Volunteers needed to do an hour or two. Please contact George Lowe at 087 274 3161. All proceeds go to the Juveniles section. Please play your part and support our bag pack […]

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Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

April 30, 2018 at 4:24 pm Comments are Disabled

Lotto Results 23/04/2018 Venue: Ballygarry House Hotel Jackpot: €4,400 Numbers Drawn: 1, 10, 14, 18 NO WINNER Lucky Dip Winners …. 1. Linda Creagh Kielduff 2. Margaret Kelly Brosna 3. Mary Maunsell c/o Tom Leen 4. Mary Connell Reamore 5. Martin Collins c/o Tom Leen Seller: Ger Collins Next weeks […]

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Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

April 30, 2018 at 4:20 pm Comments are Disabled

Happy Birthday to us:  This week 6 years ago an ambitious group came together with a plan to form a juvenile hurling club in the town of Tralee. Starting with an U13 boys team in 2012 we now have under 6 to minor hurling teams and U8 to U17 camogie […]

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Milltown/Castlemaine GAA Club News

April 30, 2018 at 4:14 pm Comments are Disabled

  Sympathy: The club extends sympathy to the O’Connor family, Chapel Road on the death of Tommy. Tommy has been a long serving executive member down through the years and is presently our Vice President. Tommy also served as postman for many years in the village and beyond. May your […]

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Gardaí Investigate Burglaries In Tralee, Ballymac And Ardfert

Gardaí Investigate Burglaries In Tralee, Ballymac And Ardfert

April 30, 2018 at 4:03 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are investigating a number of burglaries in Tralee, Ballymacelligott and Ardfert over the past week or so. A house in Oakview was broken into between April 26 and April 27. The windows were smashed and a small amount of property taken. Also, they are investigating a case of criminal […]

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Mercy Mounthawk Basketballers Just Pipped For All-Ireland Title

Mercy Mounthawk Basketballers Just Pipped For All-Ireland Title

April 30, 2018 at 3:40 pm Comments are Disabled

MERCY Mounthawk first year basketballers can be proud of their achievements at the weekend, after they made it to the All-Ireland Schools League Final played at UL. After winning five games on the trot against teams from Cork, Wicklow, Antrim, Dublin and Cavan, they faced Presentation Brothers Cork in the […]

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Appeal For Witnesses After Alleged Assault On Garda At Beach

Appeal For Witnesses After Alleged Assault On Garda At Beach

April 30, 2018 at 3:09 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are asking the public for any information after an alleged assault on a garda on Sunday afternoon. Between 3pm and 4pm at Inch Beach yesterday, April 29, gardaí were dealing with an incident involving  two vehicles. During the course of dealing with this incident, a male garda received minor […]

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Colm Cooper Collects Kerry Person Of The Year Award

Colm Cooper Collects Kerry Person Of The Year Award

April 30, 2018 at 2:18 pm Comments are Disabled

BEFORE helping Dr Crokes to the Club Championship title yesterday, Colm Cooper was in Dublin on Friday night to collect the Kerry Person Of The Year Award. Oiche Chiarraí 2018, the flagship event in the annual calendar of the Kerry Association in Dublin, took place in the Ballsbridge Hotel in […]

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New Initiative Aims To Make Tralee Ireland’s Greenest Town

New Initiative Aims To Make Tralee Ireland’s Greenest Town

April 30, 2018 at 1:10 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE has a new Environment Task Force as part of the Tralee Chamber Alliance Town Team and its main short-term goal is to make Kerry’s capital the Greenest Town in Ireland. ‘GLAN Tralee’, the first project to be undertaken by the Environment Task Force, is a community movement supported by Tralee […]

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Kerry Rose contestants Celine O'Shea, Laura Bourke, Kayleigh Dewhurst and Breda Evans. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Kerry Rose Contestants Meet Up For First Time

April 30, 2018 at 11:33 am Comments are Disabled

THE ladies who will vie for the Kerry Rose 2018 title next month met up for the first time at The Rose Hotel on Sunday. The Kerry Rose Centre held an information session and 21 of the anticipated 25 contestants got to know each other and received some advice from […]

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The food and craft fair at Féile na mBláth in the Town Park on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Féile Na mBláth To Be Bigger And Better Than Ever

April 30, 2018 at 10:22 am Comments are Disabled

THE organisers of the Feile na mBláth at The Park Festival in Tralee are launching a new ‘Flowers and Garden’ initiative for this year’s festival in the Town Park in June. The best gardens in the community competition is being introduced with the support of the Tralee Municipal District and […]

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Scoil Eoin pupil Diarmuid Murphy with Niamh, James, Mary Murphy, Clara Vitense and Cathal Murphy at Our Lady and St Brendan's Church on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: First Communion Day Arrives For Scoil Eoin And Caherleaheen Pupils

April 29, 2018 at 11:29 am Comments are Disabled

THEY were blessed with the weather yesterday morning for two First Holy Communion services in Tralee, as the big day arrived for Scoil Eoin and Caherleaheen NS pupils. There were 79 pupils from Ms Daly, Ms Dennehy and Ms Sheehan’s classes at Scoil Eoin, receiving the Host for the first […]

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Taking off on the cycle in aid of Fenit Lifeboat on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean

Saddle Up For A Great Cause Next Weekend

April 29, 2018 at 10:50 am Comments are Disabled

THE annual Fenit RNLI Annual 50km Cycle Fundraiser is set to take place on Saturday, May 5 this year and it’s another great way to warm up for the Ring Of Kerry Cycle and raise funds for a great cause. The event will see cyclists make their way from Tralee through Farranfore […]

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Walk And Talk On The Killaclohane Portal Tomb Near Milltown

Walk And Talk On The Killaclohane Portal Tomb Near Milltown

April 29, 2018 at 10:50 am Comments are Disabled

TWO events related to the Killaclohane Portal Tomb will take place in the next week. A free public talk on recent excavations at the portal tomb in Milltown – now known to be one of Ireland oldest manmade structures – will take place in Milltown Community Hall on Thursday, May 3 […]

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Top Country Star To Play At Fundraiser For North Kerry Parish

Top Country Star To Play At Fundraiser For North Kerry Parish

April 29, 2018 at 10:49 am Comments are Disabled

MICHAEL English and his band will play a church concert at The Church of the Assumption in Moyvane on Tuesday June 5 for the Parish of Moyvane Restoration Fund. The concert is the brainchild of local parish priest Fr Kevin McNamara and his parishioners who are no strangers to   staging concerts featuring internationally renowned […]

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Top UK Artist To Visit Arts Festival In Killorglin

Top UK Artist To Visit Arts Festival In Killorglin

April 29, 2018 at 10:49 am Comments are Disabled

KFEST will welcome artist Marcus Cope curator and co-founder of the Marmite Prize for Painting, U.K, to meet with Screaming Pope Art Prize nominees and other visual artists at KFEST 2018. K-FEST takes place from June 1—4 this year in Killorglin and is recognised as one of the country’s premier […]

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Roger Harty: The Real Meaning Of The Word Religion

Roger Harty: The Real Meaning Of The Word Religion

April 29, 2018 at 10:48 am Comments are Disabled

THE word Religion has got a lot of bad press of recent years and many would say ‘quite rightly so’, but I would like to say that we have to be careful not to throw out the baby with the bathwater. To begin with, no one holds ownership over the word […]

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The victorious Garda team. Photo by Dermot Crean

Gardaí Beat The Bons In Annual Soccer Match For Crumlin Hospital

April 28, 2018 at 9:09 am Comments are Disabled

THE Gardaí were the victors in an annual match with a Bon Secours team in aid of a great cause and to remember a little girl who died 11 years ago. The match was played in the KDL astroturf pitch at Mounthawk in the Friday evening  sunshine with all funds […]

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Tralee Men To Make A Movie In New York This Summer

Tralee Men To Make A Movie In New York This Summer

April 28, 2018 at 9:09 am Comments are Disabled

  TWO Tralee men are shooting a film in New York this summer. ‘Misty Button’ is an Irish/American  dark comedy written and directed by Seanie Sugrue and produced by Bertie Brosnan. It’s ready to film in June 2018 in the Bronx, New York.   “We plan on shooting the film […]

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Andy Smith, Angela Walsh, Johnnie Wall, Dolores McElligott, Paula O'Sullivan and Paul Johnson at the launch of the Mitchels Boherbee Historical & Heritage Group's Calendar and CD in The Munster Bar on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

Call Goes Out For Contributions For Next Mitchels Boherbee Calendar

April 28, 2018 at 9:08 am Comments are Disabled

THE Mitchels Boherbee Historical & Heritage Group is once again looking for contributions to their annual calendar which will be launched in December and they are especially looking to celebrate women. The calendar is always a must have for residents in the area and indeed for people from Mitchels/Boherbee who […]

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Derryquay NS pupils and teachers with Sean Kelly MEP at the school on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Sean Kelly Takes Questions From Derryquay NS Pupils

April 28, 2018 at 9:08 am Comments are Disabled

PUPILS at Derryquay NS had a special visitor on Friday when they welcomed Sean Kelly MEP to the classroom. Mr Kelly was visiting as part of the Blue Star Programme which is being undertaken by pupils. The Blue Star Programme is an education initiative for primary school students across Ireland. […]

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McCann At The Movies: ‘Infinity War’ Is A Visual Feast To Entertain The Masses

McCann At The Movies: ‘Infinity War’ Is A Visual Feast To Entertain The Masses

April 28, 2018 at 9:07 am Comments are Disabled

John McCann says fans of the franchise will be ecstatic with ‘Avengers: Infinity War’…  In this latest Marvel studios outing, ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice everything  in an attempt to defeat […]

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Know Your Rights: Applying For A Student Grant

Know Your Rights: Applying For A Student Grant

April 28, 2018 at 9:07 am Comments are Disabled

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I will be sitting my Leaving Certificate this year and plan to go to college in the autumn. How do I apply for a student grant? Answer: Student Universal Support […]

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Kerry GAA Gets Behind ‘Green Ribbon’ Mental Health Campaign

Kerry GAA Gets Behind ‘Green Ribbon’ Mental Health Campaign

April 27, 2018 at 4:06 pm Comments are Disabled

Kerry GAA is encouraging club members to ‘Wear the Green Ribbon’ this May to end Mental Health stigma in Kerry. The annual Green Ribbon Campaign takes place every May, and aims to get people talking openly about common mental health problems. This campaign promotes open conversation about mental health and […]

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Scoil Eoin Pupil Wins Overall Award In National Competition

Scoil Eoin Pupil Wins Overall Award In National Competition

April 27, 2018 at 3:22 pm Comments are Disabled

A PUPIL from Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh, is celebrating after winning the BEBRAS Computational Thinking Challenge Final. Kai Seino achieved the overall highest score in the competition which took place last Saturday, April 21 in NUI Maynooth. The talented student from the Tralee school won first place in the 8-10 age […]

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